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Emergency Preparedness Demonstration (EPD) Project

Emergency Preparedness Demonstration (EPD) Project. Community Meeting. What is the EPD Project?. A way for a community to help its people be ready for disasters. Purpose of the EPD Project. Learn what works to help communities prepare Make a guide that other communities could follow.

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Emergency Preparedness Demonstration (EPD) Project

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  1. EmergencyPreparedness Demonstration (EPD) Project Community Meeting

  2. What is the EPD Project? A way for a community to help its people be ready for disasters.

  3. Purpose of the EPD Project • Learn what works to help communities prepare • Make a guide that other communities could follow

  4. Partners of the EPD Project FEMA worked with: • MDC, Inc. • University of North Carolina

  5. Help People At Risk Some examples might be: • Elderly • Families with small children • People with disabilities • People that do not have much money • People that do not speak English • People that do not have a car • People in unsafe neighborhoods

  6. EPD Steps Find a Community Talk to Leaders Community Meeting Learn about the Community Make the Plan Start the Plan

  7. Step One: Find a Community • Recent disasters • At risk people • Leaders wanting to help • Others wanting to help

  8. Step Two: Talk to Leaders • Explain the steps • Talk about what could be used to help • Set times to meet • Find places to meet • Decide who to invite

  9. Step Three: Community Meeting • Tell people about the steps • Get help to: • Learn from the past • Learn about the community • Write a plan • Start the plan

  10. Step Four: Learn about the Community • Look at past plans • Talk to people • Map the community

  11. Step Four: Learn about the Community Map of the Community • Kinds of disasters • Areas at risk • People at risk • Big job sites • Safe places • Dangers

  12. Step Four: Learn about the Community Map of the Community

  13. Step Four: Learn about the Community Map of the Community Flood Zones

  14. Step Four: Learn about the Community Map of the Community

  15. Step Four: Learn about the Community Map of the Community • Community Help

  16. Step Five: Make the Plan • Write the plan • Get help from the community • Finish the plan

  17. Step Six: Start the Plan • Raise money • Learn new skills

  18. The Community Coach • Leads through the steps • Helps find things they need • Helps find skills and other kinds of help • Helps think about ideas for the plan

  19. Questions?

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